The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-11-25

call on h. X. Burlington.
/ Mr. Fl. G. Layman, who for ffteer
years has been merchandising at Ches
tervillo, this county. has removed t.
Crumpton and occupies the DR.. Shep
pard storehouse. We regret to lose 81
good citiz3u as Mr.. Layman. Qaeeu
Anne's will profit by our loss.-Ken
/ Ne,vs.
Harry is an old printer graduate o.
Elkton in "the days that tried mems
SOULS" and fine fellow in every re-
spect. We wish him increasing pros
perity as he drifts further down the
peninsular.
Another invoice of Overcoats for
m:n and boys will arrive direct from
New York next week at e Il. Bufing.
tons.
DR.. Worrall of North East read a
paper before the State Sanitary
Conference on the diptheria epidem
ic which invaded that town two
years ago, which is q terrible acraing
ment for ignoranceand Indifference of
the citizens. But it is ever thus in
villages, and large village is about
the fiIthiest place to the square inch
that can be struck in America. There
are enough of people and animals to
create large quantity of filth daily,
and there 5eingssno stringent regula.
tiou for removing it, the poison de,
post accumulates in every corner
and hidden spot in the town, from
which the deadly germs of disease
spread.
Just received, nice line of Cook
Stoves and Heaters at Haines &
Kinks. n18 At
We have been kindly furnished a
report of the 18th annual convention
of the W. G. T. U. which met in Bal
timore, October 9th and 29th, with a
request to publish. The report is
Gu te lengthy and would require con
siderable space to accommodate,
which, without excluding other mat
ter, we are unable to furnish. The
proceedings of the convention were
published in the daily papers the
days following the sittings. and we
Lapprehend that all who felt an inter
est in them read them at the time,
and the proceedings at this late date
would not be of general interest to
our readers. We, however, desire to
thank the ladies for the very hand
some copy they have had prepared
and furnished. 1t is charming piece
of manuscript.
The Rising Sun W. C. T. U. will
meet ct Mrs. Samuel PASSWORDS no
Thursday, Dec, 9Th, at 2 80 P. NJ
During the winter the Union will
hold its meetings at the homes of
the members on every second and
last Thursday in each month.
The query has been asked by some
not conversant with the work of this
organization: Give Cecil county
effective local option law, what does
the W. G. T. U. find to do? Consld.
ering the fact that they are engaged
in about forty different branches of
work, among which are preventive,
educational, evangelistic, social and
legal, the question is not aohat they
find to do but how to find time to do
all they haze to do and any who want
further enlightment upon the subject
are most cordially invited to attend
the meetings.
Call at Haines & Kinks for lard
pressers, sausage cutters and butcher
knives nl3-4t
At the meeting of County Com
missioners last week orders were
passed approprlating $1,000 for the
reconstruction of the public road ov-
er the dam at Murphy's Mill, Second
district, destroyed by the food last
summer, and $50 for the road over
the dam at Hines Mill, Fifth dist
riot, which was torn away at the
same time.
Messrs. Everist and Kirk, COM
mittee from the School Board, re-
quested an appropriation of 5000 for
the purchase of a safe, which was
granted.
The clerk was directed to forward
number of old papers, sayed from
the Old Court House, to the Mary.
land Historical Society.
Petition of Mary f. Garretson,
fo- private road in the Eight
district, was granted, and Hen
ny j. Briscoe, James Graham
and Joseph Goats were appointed
commissioners to lay out the road.
An unusually large number of
claims were passed and ordered to
be paid.
The Board adjourned to meet on
Tuesday last, The final meeting will
be held on Monday, December 18th,
and the new Board is expected to
qualify and take charge of the office
on the following day,